Venango County teen killed in accident

FRANKLIN -- A Venango County man was killed when a sport-utility vehicle he was working on as a school project fell on him at a residence in Irwin Township, state police said.

Carl E. Wickline III, 18, died of asphyxiation due to blunt force trauma, said Venango County Coroner Tyler Best, who ruled the death accidental.

Police said Wickline was last seen leaving his residence on Dog Hollow Road on Tuesday at about 7 p.m. to go work on a 1997 Ford Explorer. He was lying on his back under the vehicle while removing a transmission when the vehicle fell, police said.